Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-03


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CEECzEMaRI. Dae --At shs ezsnina 8
ne hnTp1r trial Mr. Schcensesas. AZ M
kIrst ational Bank q Neu York. ex-
glAined he eeaoanfs of his haak Nitk
lhe kloslity Bank. etnfinQ lhaI the Il.
aeillyl1 general eeenuns ssewaa ors1iI
Of &6o0&oo wniia their sueelal nceouuI
showed dehels uf HH00.Gn. H0 SAID n
Gas an aeseemenf fhaf fi,e speafai ao-
es1nt Wa 10 Be drawn uron.
Bsnk examinsx PousA. ahn vas fhe
gossxumenf's eesnl II closing ne aoerI
Of ahe kbdeiitg Bnnk last Jane, l6ld hir
n30sy, how he was beQqed hy HAruer a
p4zz tbs exnminaliun. ard wne Tier
aHked % teleEranh the comrlrolier -
he earfeney for au1heEitv no3 % rrake
TIE examination. he t6ea found the
teII- tala memoEandum cheekn a oaab
rspEeeentinR &600,00a Bginns swift.
ne pees1deDf. Haid be never knew oi
them until then. harper When asked
f0z an expIaBekion wniksd ausT.
Powell, doc1mens clerk, showed thai
naeunnls 20 she emo1nt % $4,000
ware made between 4annaEy and Juns,
bul most Or them remained unoolIecsed.
1he def1nsa then drnw Z sfatemant
from Swift fhaf w. II. Chatfal1. ona
q tes cife1ioFs sf ths bark, vas the
one IA whose name the documents ap-
peneea a. lata a8 Suna Is.
W. a. Lneius, general bookkeeneR.
lestsned 70 letter OF adyioe from 8
party who he'd 40 funds II ihe hank.
ME. Harper took that istfsF ana drnft.
and it appeared n Harper's account
with hia endorsement.
Paul ID. Ashbrook, khe individual
bo0kkeepex Of the Fidelity National
bank. aaid that Harperss account was
frequently oVeTdrAwn; 81 one time, II
May, it VISA oVerdraVn sIeoo0. he
Witness esAd the fluctuations Of Her-
vas interested, from January 10 June.
Nearly eli were oVerdFawn ~ soma
tine.
when Bsiegs Swift president Of the
laae kidelity banks came 30 the giand
he waa asked II be knew that his bank
was enQaged IN the wheat deal. II did
nstsn vas his blunt answer. He then
went on to say that be had asked Har-
per h January lest Il be vas ID the
wheat deal and HarpsR said be had n0t
afu0lkAk IN III.
aLater sent him q lester,n continued
MK. Swift. asking him the same ques-
ton, aud be answered BY letteE, saying
be kad no intsrost ghatsVsF in the
matter. and II any enc aAid he had be
vas NaF. AflerWafd / spoke 20 him
about it, and ha always contradlctad
he runners that be was In the deal.
When the public began 10 suspect the
Fidelity bank and ! wanted % restore
aonfidence. / went 10 the bank with
Richard Smith, Of the Gazefte, who had
known me for years, and together We
satechized Harper on the sabiect. We
put him on the stand and be denied it. /
Then Mr.. Smith, upon my assuTanos
md apon Mr.. HaEper's express state
nent, wrote en- editorial denying that
he Fidelity bank vas naked up in ID. |
this was bat few days before the
allure.
During bis examination Swift said
hat when be was IN the city he spent
hree or four hours each day 90 the
lank, but that he vas away from the
lity part of the summer and winter,
nd a. these times Harper attended 10
lis duties. He had never examined The
looks Of the discount book keepef, nor
lad be ever foE the benefit Of the hank
MANNED things critically 70 see bow
he business vas being carried on, e. |
hough be bed "a opportunity 80 exam
ne into all lhinRs contested With the
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